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In 1996, a young TV reporter bought an abandoned 1830s lighthouse after it failed to sell at auction; he turned its 110-foot tower into an eight-storey home | World News

Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse, PC: Wikipedia Standing on Berrow Road in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Burnham High Lighthouse looks more like a giant white chimney than a house. Built for Trinity House in the 1830s, the circular brick tower was designed by Joseph Nelson to work alongside Burnham’s Low Lighthouse and guide ships through the shifting waters of…

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R Madhavan killed the audition for ‘Swades’, what an actor,’ recalls writer, reveals the film was originally written for Aamir Khan, finally Shah Rukh Khan stepped in | Hindi Movie News

Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades is now remembered as one of Shah Rukh Khan’s most acclaimed performances, but the film’s journey to the screen looked very different in its early stages. Before Khan became Mohan Bhargava, the role was originally written with Aamir Khan in mind, when the project was still titled Desh.Actor and writer Amin Hajee,…

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Why personal-guarantor recoveries are so tiny — and why Chandra’s was tinier still | India News

Subhash Chandra’s proposed repayment of a little over Rs 6 crore against more than Rs 22,000 crore of admitted claims worked out to less than 0.03%.That looks exceptionally small. And it was. But personal-guarantor insolvency cases have produced very low recoveries more generally.Data from the insolvency regulator shows that nearly 5,200 applications have been filed…

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A San Francisco bystander heard screams from a garbage truck after its load had been compacted; 25 firefighters spent more than 2 hours digging a trapped man out alive

Around 25 firefighters rescued a trapped man alive (Image Credit: X/ @SFFDPIO) A routine garbage collection in San Francisco turned into a desperate rescue early Wednesday after a bystander heard screams coming from inside a garbage truck. The San Francisco Fire Department responded at about 4:11 a.m. on September 2, after the passerby alerted the…

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Meet Kaia Minn, the 13-year-old Massachusetts inventor who turned discarded orange peels into biodegradable seed pods for reforestation |

Kaia Minn at the National Academy of Inventors conference. Image Credit: kaiaminn.com A discarded citrus peel is not the sort of thing most people would associate with restoring forests. But for 13-year-old Massachusetts inventor ‘Kaia Minn,’ it became the starting point for a simple idea with potentially far-reaching environmental uses. Minn has developed a ‘biodegradable…

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Prashanth Neel’s ‘418’ faces CBFC hurdle due to horror elements, Makers approach Revising Committee | Telugu Movie News

A new horror film backed by KGF and Salaar director Prashanth Neel has run into a CBFC certification hurdle ahead of its theatrical release. Titled ‘418’, the film marks the directorial debut of Kirtan Nadagouda, who previously worked as an assistant director with Neel. Presented by Prashanth Neel and another leading production house, the project…

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Namibia 0/0 in 0.0 Overs

NAM vs ZIM Live Updates: Zimbabwe face a must-win clash against Namibia in the fifth match of the tri-series, with their place in the final at stake. Zimbabwe have lost twice to South Africa but edged Namibia by five runs in their previous meeting. Namibia, meanwhile, can seal a final spot with a win. The…

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Quote of the day by Jacques Kallis: “I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was…” | World News

Two athletes can reach the same realisation, that a long-held goal is no longer realistically within reach- and handle that moment in very different ways. One keeps chasing the goal anyway, past the point where the numbers and the body have stopped supporting it, unwilling to let go of something they’ve built an identity around….

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‘When there is business, there is CEO’: Raut flags corporatisation of Ram Mandir | India News

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet Wednesday to appoint the temple’s first chief executive officer. A search committee submitted its final report after screening over five thousand applications. The NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday alleged that the appointment of a CEO for the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth…

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Built in the 1880s with 48 rooms, a Louisville mansion later helped inspire the Speed Art Museum; nearly 140 years later, it is for sale for $1.95 million

It was used by the Kentucky College of Art + Design as an office and educational space. The college has since relocated to a larger campus on Garvin Place in Old Louisville, making the historic property available for a new owner. A Louisville landmark is back on the market, giving potential buyers a chance to…

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